Salary Range: 128610 to 186480 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)
Established in 2019 by Founder and CEO Kevin Czinger and Co-Founder Lukas Czinger, Los Angeles‑based Czinger Vehicles is an industry‑disrupting performance vehicles brand pioneering a new era in the automotive space by fundamentally changing the way cars will be designed and manufactured for generations to come. Built around a core ethos of utilizing revolutionary, proprietary technology to create vehicles equipped with both dominating performance and iconic design, Czinger represents a radical transformation of the manufacturing sector and the future of human‑AI design within an environmentally sustainable system.
Czinger’s halo vehicle, the 21C hypercar, has received global attention for its record-breaking performance and the revolutionary design and manufacturing technology it embodies. It is the physical representation of over 550 patents filed across A.I. based generative design, materials, additive manufacturing, and assembly. This novel technology and world class engineering has enabled the 21C to set production lap records at both Laguna Seca and Circuit of the Americas. As a business Czinger is the unique combination of a deep technology company, consumer product company, and performance brand.
Czinger Vehicles places an emphasis on talent and is known globally for their world class team.
Purpose
The Program Leader (PL) is responsible for the overall delivery of Czinger Vehicles Inc. second Hypercar. Leading within the cross-functional product line domain, the PL will plan, schedule, monitor and control the program’s momentum as we progress through our rapid development lifecycle. The primary responsibilities of the PL are the upfront planning of the complete program and it’s derivatives, breaking down the key deliverables into 3 month sprints to guarantee class leading agility in vehicle program development.
The Role
•Overall program management – developing the key deliverables for the program with the cross functional team and building a plan that delivers to time, cost and quality.
•Ownership of the program management deliverables.
•Schedule development and adherence – focusing on leading sprints between gateways (3 months).
•Risk management – assessing and mitigating program risks.
•Target balancing – decomposing high level targets into system level targets to enable development to cost, time and quality.
•Budget and cost control (with support of financial controller).
•Cross-functional leadership.
•Program reporting to board level.
•Change management – both scope and cost, employing expert support from the configuration and change management team.
•Problem solving – a controlled response to issues to maintain key program milestones.
Basic Qualifications
•A bachelor’s degree in an Engineering field is essential
•Project management skills are crucial with experience in a project management role within an automotive OEM
•Experience within the cross functional product management domain through the entire lifecycle of a vehicle program
•Experience leading people, inspiring energy and optimism for delivery
•Strategic thinking
•Expert communicator across all layers of the company
Preferred Qualifications Personal Attributes
•Collaborator – experience and consciousness of all disciplines and functions
•Resilience – comfortable operating with ambiguity and uncertainty
•Decision making – confidence to both make and recommend informed decisions based on data
•Customer focus – ensuring that the final product delivers an unsurpassable customer experience
What You’ll Get :
Holistic Compensation Package:Enjoy a world-class compensation package that includes a competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities, ensuring you’re truly valued for your contributions.
Wellness and Time Off: Embrace a healthy lifestyle with paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays, including a year-end shutdown to recharge. We support growing families with paid parental leave, recognizing the importance of bonding time.
Comprehensive Health and Wellness: Prioritize your well-being with our comprehensive health and wellness benefits, offering both HMO and Premium PPO options. Additionally, benefit from company-sponsored life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage for peace of mind.
Investment in Growth: We’re committed to your professional development. Take advantage of reimbursement opportunities for learning and development initiatives, empowering you to continuously expand your skill set and reach peak performance.
Inclusive and Collaborative Environment: Join our inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company. Together, we’re disrupting the traditional manufacturing industry, embracing diversity, and fostering innovation to reduce our footprint by integrating people and technology.
Disclosures:
In order to adjust to changes in our business, it may become necessary to add, remove or modify certain duties and responsibilities, or to reassign you to another job position. From time to time you may be asked to work on special projects or to assist with other work. Your cooperation and assistance in performing such additional work is expected. CZV, Inc is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Our positions adhere to all statutory and regulatory requirements. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
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Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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